# FinTech Summer Program NYC (High School & College)

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## Overview

Students begin by learning Microsoft Excel, one of the most essential business applications, while building a strong foundation in finance and business concepts. This beginner-friendly program is ideal for high school and college students interested in finance, business, real estate, entrepreneurship, and many other related fields. The skills covered here will give students a real advantage in college and internships.

In the second half of the program, students learn the fundamentals of Python programming and then move into more advanced programming tasks. You will explore data science concepts using Pandas, Matplotlib, and scikit-learn, packages that teach you how to input, analyze, and graph data. This program is held in person in NYC over three weeks in the summer, from 10 am to 4 pm each day, with one hour for lunch. A live online version is also available, offered three hours per day over five weeks.

- **Excel:** Become an advanced Microsoft Excel user in just three days. Begin with data entry, charts, and essential shortcuts in Excel Level I: Fundamentals. Move to the next level with Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP in Excel Level II: Intermediate. Then automate your workflow by recording macros in Excel Level III: Advanced. You will learn everything you need to become a true Excel pro.
- **Finance and Investing:** Learn what drives stock prices and how investors value companies. This course covers the essentials of valuation (including P/E ratios and DCF analysis), financial statements, and the fundamentals of stock investing. You will analyze recent earnings releases and valuation multiples of companies like Google and Apple to build a framework for fundamental investment research.
- **Python for Data Science:** This course covers the fundamentals of Python programming and its applications in data science and machine learning. Students will get up and running quickly and be prepared to use Python for real data analysis projects.

## What you'll learn

- Learn beginner-to-advanced Excel skills
- Study stock fundamentals, including dividends, P/E ratios, and market cap
- Explore the three main financial statements and how they interact with each other
- Find and analyze financial statements and data
- Perform corporate valuation using Excel
- Analyze a company and decide if it is a good investment
- Obtain programming fundamentals in Python
- Learn how to write conditional statements in Python
- Input data using the Pandas package
- Clean and wrangle data
- Visualize and understand complex data
- Use machine learning algorithms

## Curriculum
1. **Excel, Finance, & Investing Summer Program NYC (High School & College)**
2. **Python Data Science & Machine Learning Program NYC (High School & College)**

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $3495